tiarrestin? Apples on tbe Canadiai Border. Tbe harvest season for apples begini late in summer in many places, but along the Canadian border September is earlj enough, and most owners wait even later. The apples here, says a letter from Fan nington, Me., to the New York Post, arc naturally winter apples, and 'hey art picked to supply the late markets. Ap ple pickers arm themselves with a stout musun bag, which they sling over theii shoulders, and a light wooden ladder. Every apple must be picked carefully from tbe tree, breaking it off so that tht stem is left on. All bruised and "thorued'' apples are rejected as until for packing. A dozen pickers go into one orchard, and soon bring the red and golden fruit to the wagons in quantities. "When they are picked, the owner begins the work of sorting them, for so much depends upon this part of the job that it is not sate to trust it.to any one else. There are several grades into which the fruit must be devided. The first in cludes all of the large, well-ripened, and handsome ones, without a flaw of any kind visible, and these are packed in rows in the barrel as carefully as so many eggs. Often these fancy apples com mand double the price of the other grades, and the neater they are packed the better will they sell. The next grade is only a little inferior to the first, but smaller fruit is packed with it, and a few that have slight creases on the skins, and all of those with less color. Color counts in all fancy fruit, the purchaseis ■will often take apples with a highly col ored appearance, even though it is gen erally known that they are inferior to the green ones. The third grade con sists of all the apples that will not go into the two higher grades and yet are too good to convert into cider or to feed to the auimals. The apples in this in stance arc tumbled into the barrels with out much assortment, anil the owner is satisfied if ha can get in return fifty cents profit per barrel for them. The "culls" and bruised apples from the heap are either dried,fed to animals, kept for home consumption, or con verted into cider. Cider in modern times has partly fallen under tEe ban of temperance reformers; but thero are enough cider-lovcrs left yet to make the drink a profitable one for the manufac turers.—New York Post. Japan's Historic Tree. Garden and Forest has a discription of the great pine of Japan, called Dai Matsu, which stands on the shore of Lake Bivoa, some three miles from Otsu. The tree is attended by priests, who de clare that it is mentioned in the records of their cloister 800 years ago, and that it was planted in the year A. D. 675. It is counted among the eight wonders of Japan, and its singular aspect, as it stretches its lon<j branches out on every side over a scaffolding formed by more than 300 poles, has been pictured in many books of travel. Although it is fully exposed to the wind, and although its trunks and branches beir more than one lightning scar, it is still vigorous, and only a gradual thinning out of its foliage bears witness to its great antiq uity. At two feet above the ground the diameter of the trunk is fifteen feet nine inches; its height is eighty-four feet, and the diameter of its widely stretched crown is 242 feet, Four houses formerly stood among its branches, but two of them were ruined in i great storm a few years ago. The other two are still largely resorted to by supper parties on summer evenings, and the Japanese take especial delight in listening to the dripping of rain into the water from the boughs as they overhang the sea. "it is likely that Tam pico, Mexico, will become one of the deepest water ports of the world. The soundings now measure more than twenty feet over the bar, the greatest depth ever attained. Children ,V m l M. M. Soller Altoona, Pa. Both Had Eczema Its Worst Form After Pln/stclann Failed, Hood's Sar mi par llt a I'er/evtly Cared. Great .menial agony is endured by pa rents who see their children suffering from disea'es caused by impure blood, and for which there seems no cure. This is turned to joy when Hood's Sarsaparilla is resorted to, for it expels the foul hu mors from the blood, and restores the diseased skin to fresh, healthy light ness. Read the followin : "We th'nk Hood's Sarsapiirilla Is tlie most valuable mrrtiitne on tbe market for Mood and skfn diwnses. Our two children suffered ter ribly with the Worst Form of Eczema for two years. We had three physicians in that time, but neither of them succudeed in curing them or even in givinic them a little relief. At last we tried Hood's Sarsaparilla and in a month both children were oerfectlv cured. We recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla as H standard family nvdlrim*, and would not be without it." Mit. and MKN. M. M. HOLLER, 1412 Second Avenue, Altoona, Pa. Ilno4'« PiiN ouro HWP ills#, R<>n*tlpatlon, bH tousnoM. jaundice, flick headache, imltifrstlon. 'August Flower" "What is August Flower for ?" Asreasily answered as asked. It is for Dyspepsia. It is a special rem edy for the Stomach and Liver. — Nothing more than this. We believe August Flower cures Dyspepsia. We know it will. We have reasons for knowing it. To-day it has au honored place in every town and couAfcfy store, possesses one of the largest manufacturing plants in the country, and sells everywhere. The reason is simple. It does one thing, ri.qht It cures dyspepsia® PRESERVING THE CARRIAGE. The preservation of a carriage depends l largely upon the way in which it is housed, says Good Roads. The barn 01 shed should be airy or dry, with a mo derate admission of light. Do not let the vehicle be rolled near a brick wall. The carriage house should not be con nected with the stable or next to the manure pit—the ammonia fumes arising from the manure ruin varnish. Do not allow mud to dry on a newly varnished carriave; spcts and stains will be the re sult if you do. Do not permit water to dry of itself on a varnished surface, but remove all the moisture with a chamois leather only after the soft sponge has been used. CHOLERA OF FOWLS. This disease may be known by the yellowness of the head and a drawn-up appearance of tho face. But the most certain indication is the green and yel low droppings of the fowl. It is a dis ease of the liver, and is due in almost every case to over-feeding, as in the case of those geese which are fed in close coops for the pioduction of the enlarged livers, of which the popular pies known as pate de fois gras, or Strasburg pies, are made. Similar gorging with food has the same effect on fowls, but it goes beyond the mere enlargement of the liver, and ends in fatal inflammation. There is no remedy; prevention by mo derate feeding is the only cure.—New York Times. WnEAT AND RYE ON CORN STUBBLE. Many farmers plant corn stubble to wheat and rye, and are usually in such a hurry that three rows of shocks are placed together and the balance of the tield sowed. This plan necessitates run ning over the seeded land to secure the corn and stalks, but the worst, feature is in leaving unseeded strips across the field, which are useless to the crops. Weeds are allowed to take possession of the strips, and, until the crop of grain is gathered, the tield indicates the shift less farmer. It is not muoh trouble to haul off the shocks to the barnyard or to an adjoining field, setting them up in rows. They are then more easily husked. The husked corn is nearly all in a body, and is more easily secured. The stalks and all litter of leaves and husks are then more easily gathered up and saved for further use. The grain and straw that can be produced on these strips will repay many times tiie ex pense of hauling off the stalks. If pos sible, haul the stalks to a pasture, or meadow lot, and thus insure cleanliness in husking, Stock will eat the broken leaves.—American Agriculturist. MAKING BUTTER ON THE FARM. For making good butter on the farm, writes Mrs. B. M. Caldwell, a great deal more than is commonly supposed de pends on having cows that give rich milk. The difference between rich aud poor milk not only appears in the quan tity of cream raised but also in the quality and appearance of tho butter. There are many good native cows and a great many poor ones. When I find that one of our cows gives poor, thin milk, I want her sold for beef, for I don't want to try to make butter from such cows. Cows with the Jersey blood arc the most profitable far butter, and make butter of the best quality and color. They don't give as large a quantity as some of the other breeds, but they make up for it in a richer quality. In setting the milk I use four quart pans and till them about three-quarters full. My milk room is in a clean, sweer, dry cellar, and I skim as soou as the cream has all raised, mix the different skimmings thoroughly and churn just as the cream has become a little sour. I use the old fashioned dash churn, fill about half full and churn regularly and not fast and then slow. The ccws are given a little salt every other day, and this I think quite important, for when it is neglected for several days the butter will be slow in coming. I work the butter slowly until I get out most ot the butter milk, then salt it and let it stand over night, then work it over again and pour off the milky brine. With good cows and a clean, cool milk-room, there need be no difficulty in making good butter on any farm by auy one who will attend to it properly.—New York World. BHEEr AS WEED KILLERS. As eaters of brush and noxious plants, sheep will do good service, but they must not be kept at it steadily, or they will grow thin, and their fleeces will suffer in consequence. The flock must be compelled to browse only a few days at a time. After the gratification of this diet ceases, there is no longer profit in confining sheep to such food. No other live stock demand more constant change. If the sheep be divided into several flocks, one may follow" another into a field where brush or weeds arc becoming troublesome, and each returned again after a week's relief on grass. Most plants can be killed by removing the leaves during the summer. The bushes should be cut down, that the flocks may destroy them by eating every new sprout. Briers are more easily subdued early in the season. Large fields should be browsed in small plats by means of movable fences. When grass has taken the place of brush or weeds in one divis ion of tho field, it may be used profit ably as an exchange pasture, every sec ond week. Several bells should be kept on the flock browsing in tall weeds or brush. Sheep are very social, nnd nothing will so soon cause a cessation of industry as a feeling of lonliness. Bells also deter dogs from attacking the flock hidden in an overgrown-field. The flock at this Important work must also have a regular and abundant supply of pure water and of salt, aud be frequently vis ited by the owner. That the cleaning of the land is not the whole object of sheep keeping must be borne in mind. When sheep are changed to other fields, or to the fold, the time from sun lownto dark is preferable, as then they are sat isfied with the day's exercise and food, and will follow with less trouble and lie wore quietly than at noon or daybreak. Never drive a flock roughly. The sheep, which are alw-.ys lad, make the b«*i giade of meat, and the fleeces are most uniform in texture and maket value.— American Agriculturist. REARING A GOOD COLT. To rear a good colt, these two things should be understood and acted uposr; Feed makes the animal and training makes the disposition. The very best food should bo supplied the colt from the first, and even while it is with the mare it should be fed, both through the dam and by its own mouth. Beginning in a small way the ability to digest food is cultivated and increased, and its first growth is the foundation on which after growth is built. And as that is the better, so this is. The stronger and broader the foundation, the same will be the superstructure. And as long as digestion is perfect the quantity of food given may be measured only by that test. Corn is not a good food for growing animals. Flesh is more needed than fat. The English farmers use beans and oats ground together as the staple horse feed, and the value ot it is perceived when the composition of this food is understood. The English horse bean has 25i per cent, of flesh-forming elements—protein, as it is called—in it and only 1 $ per C6nt. of fat, and oats have twelve per cent, of the former and six per cent, of of the latter. Thus two measures of oats and one of beans have 49| per cent, of the protein and of fat, a ratio of of the flesh-forming elements to one of the fat-forming. This affords materials for the abundant growth of muscle so necessary to the futuie value of the young animal. But it docs more. All the great vital organs are made up of muscular tissue, and thus the lungs, liver, kidneys, heart and other fibrous tissues are more highly developed, and it is upon this development that the con stitution, the future strength of the animal, depends. With corn as the principal food this healthful structure is not possible. There is too much fat aud starch and not enough nitrogen. The muscles are soft and weak, and the vital organs, upon which the work or product afterward depend, are not strong enough to stand the wear, and the constitution gives way at an early ago. This ap plies as much to calves as to colta. While the horse expends its force in motion, the cow does this in making milk. Both these products require a large expenditure of nitrogen, and a highly nitrogenous food and the ability to digest aud assimilate it are needed; and this disposal of food is only possible when the vital organs arc well de veloped. This development is only effected by the use of suitable food liberally provided, from the birth of (he animal.—American Dairyman. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Warmth is life to young chie'eens. Keep the htn nests clean even in winter. It is not good economy to keep com mon geese. Clean off the eggs as fast as gathered or the dirt will taint the meat. Always arrange the nests and roosts so that they can be readily cleaned. On most farms skim milk is cheap. Let the poultry have all they will eat or drink. It is rarely a good plan to allow a fruit-tree agent to select the varieties of trees for the orchard. The grape can be readily propagated by layering and a good supply of plant* be secured at a low cost. Allowing moss or lichen to grow to the bark of the trees affords a hiding or liai boring place for vermin. When going any considerable distance grass-fed cattle will shrink very heavily, for the first ten days at least. On many farms one reason why ducks are not more profitable is because they are not given proper attention. In many cases a few cattle can be kept on a farm with profit when a large number would only result in loss. If cattle are to be wintered largely on roughness it is veiy important that they be provided with a comfortable shelter. Both the Plymouth Rocks and Wyan dottes are excellent market fowls. They arc of a good size and havo clean legs and yellow skiu. The best use and profit to be had from a sow is to feed her carefully and have her produce two littors of pigs a year. This is better than to newly breed young sows each time. The importance of plenty of good grass in raising and feeding stock can not be overestimated. Every stockman knows the importance of plenty of grass for nil kinds of stock during the summer months. In handling fertilizers, plaster or lime, be sure to have your nostiils smeared with vaseline. In such work this is one of the most comforting devices yet dis covered. Try it also in harrowing, threshing, aud wherever there is dust. An excellent way to deceive the cu cumber bug is to sprinkle the vines with tobacco, so that ho will not recognizo them as his natural home. Tobacco dust should be sprinkled liberally from the time the vines are up until the blos soms come. All the straw raised on the farm can be used to good advantage in feeding stock. Good, bright oat straw is of equal value to prairie hay. The wheat straw can be used to good advantage as bedding. If it is cut at the proper time it will be eaten very well. It is a great disadvantage to havo a mare in foal in the spring season of the year. At that time of the year all the horses on the farm are needed, and the farmer cannot well afford to spare even one horse. This gives some encourage ment to those who advocate the raising of autumn colts. If you are going to pick the small stone off that pasture this year hitch the team to the harrow, and harrow it over. If theD the stones are not all loose and on the top of the ground, harrow it the other way, If there it a wet spot in the field or near it dig there a deep ditch, unload the stones in jt and cover them up out of the way of the plough. ! HOUSEHOLD AFPAIBB. - - TO lIKHOVE OKBASE *KO* OBAM: Dissolve carbonate of soda in water in the proportion of one of the former to ten of the latter, and let th« liquid boil in a clean, uotinned pot. Slake oight parts of quicklime in a covered vessel and add the hydrate thus formed to the boiling liquid, stirring it meanwhile. Great care must be exercised in using this caustic solution, says the Industrial World, and it must not be allowed to touch the hands; the glass must there fore be dipped in it by the aid of tongs or pliers. When the grease is dissolved the glass is to be well brushed and sub sequently rinsed in water. A CULINAHY MAKESHIFT. It is said that some of the most valu able discoveries have been made by acci dent, and there is every reason to believe the statement. Not longsince, an inex perienced housekeeper found herself in a dilemma from which she extracted herself in a rather convenient and orig inal fashion. Being left alone in the house for a few days, she was somewhat disconcerted by the arrival of unexpected guests. It was necessary to prepare a hasty breakfast in order that they might get an early train; the oatmeal, there fore, was partly cooked the night before and was set on the back of the kitchen range to be ready for the morning. As often under such circumstances, the pro portions were aomewliat out of order, and when the breakfast time came the oatmeal was little better than porridge. Crowding the fire seemed to do no good, and as there was no time for cooking anything else, she ventured au experi ment. Wheat flour was sifted into the dish and stirred rapidly to prevent lumps. After a moment's cooking, it was served, and, as might be imagined, with a good deal of doubt as to results. But the unanimous verdict of the party that it was the best oatmeal they had over tasted set doubt at rest and taught the housekeeper a very useful lesson. THE COCKROACH PEST. Cockroaches are somewhat of a nui sance when they become too numerous about a house, but they are at tho same time useful iu destroying bedbugs, especially in ships and iu the tenements of our large cities. There are several species known under the general name of cockroach, but perhap3 the most com mon is the Blatta orieutalis, a native of the East Indies, but now pretty well dis tributed over the world, and perhaps this is the one of which you complain, but we are not certain iu the absence of specimens. In the Oriental cockroach the females have only rudimentary wings, rnd those of the males are slightly shorter than the body. Tuis spacies may be destroyed by placing phosphorus piste iu their hiding places or in the rooms frequented by them at night. A good way to wage war upon this pest is to put a little of the paste on bits of paper and lay these about the room whtre the roaches are most abundant and late in the evening, after the family have retired. Then let some one get up early anil gather up the poison and sweep up the dead cockroaches which will be found lying about on the floor. The kitchen is the rjom usually moat fro quented by the roaches; consequently is the best one iu which to poison them. Repeat the operation as long as any dead cockroaches are to be found. As the youug roaches will bj hatching out as long as there are any eggs left, it will be necessary to use a little poison onca a week for a month or longer. We have known badly infested bouses to be en tirely cleared of these pests by the me of phosphorus paste in the way we have described. Most druggists keep tins paste on sale, for it is largely used tor destroying rats, mice and other vermin. —New York Sun. RECIPES. Potato Salad—Boil potatoes until soft; slice thin; add a few slices of boiled beets cut into small dice and a little parsley picked to pieces. Serve with French dressiug. Baked Bananas—Select large red ones, take the skin off cne section of the ba nana, loosen the skiu from them, put a row in a dripping pan with the side up from which you took the peeling, sprinkle sugar over them, bake half an hour in quick oven. Fried Onions—Pare and slice, round, in half-inch pieces and soak fifteen min utes in milk. Then drain on a towel, roll in flour and fry in smoking hot fat, or roll iu egg and bread crumbs as you prefer. Turn carefully, skim out and drain on paper and serve on a hot platter. Pumpkin Pie—To three cupfuls of stewed pumpkii add one ega, three cup fuls of milk, two soda crackers rolled, one-half teaspoonful of salt, twa-third cupful of brown sugar, one even table spoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg, one-half teaspoonful of ginger. This will make three pies. Johnny Cake—One cupful of butter milk, one-half teaspoonful of soda, one half teaspoonfuls of salt, one heaping tablespoouful of sugar, three tablespoon fuls of melted shortening. Tt»ke one part of fine corn meal, one part wheat flour and make a stiff batter. Bake in a moderate oven for half an hour. Baked Tomatoes—Chop a small onion very fine and fry it a. delicate brown in one tablespoonful of butter. Add a can of tomatoes, season with salt, pepper and a teaspoonful of sugar and cook ten minutes. Butter a pudding dish, put a layer of tomatoes, then of tine bread crumb} and a few bits of butter. Fill the dish in this way, having the last layer buttered crumbs, and bake brown in a hot oven. Prunes--Prunes when fresh are nice to cat, but not as desirable for canning as fruit which is more tart. Dried prunes are very healthful. Wash thoroughly in sevoral waters, then leave over night in cold water. In the morning pour prunes and water into a porcelain kettle, and cook over one hour slowly; when nearly done, add what sugar is needed, skim out the pruues, and cook the juice a while longer. Imported Bumble Bees. Red clover grows in New Zealand with great luxuriance, but until recently it was necessary to import all seed from England. Darwin showed that the plants could be fertilized and made to produce seed only through the agency of bumble bees, and, as these creatures were unknown in New Zealand, they were finally, about teu years ago, carried the entire journey alive while in a torpid state, in freezing chambers.—Detroit Free Press. A superintendent gives reasons to show that fast trains are tafest. Stitching it again in vogue. Sashes are once more in favor. Buttons are very much in evidence. Wool velours is a fabric in high favor. Corduroy velvet ii to be largely worn. Cloth covered bonnets are to be much worn. Pumpkin yellow is a new shade in up holsteries. The Alpine hat will be as much in vogue this winter as last. Pointed bows are no longer being worn in the front of the hats, but at the sides. In new stationery, pale lilas, with address or monogram in darker tones, is shown. Qirls should be taught to sew, mend, read slowly, speak lowly, to swim, be polite and respect their elders. A hospital has been founded at Paris by a Danish woman, with nurses speak ing all the principal languages. Black velvet capes, with most of the fulness massed at the back by pleats or shirrings, are among the fashionable wraps. Queen Victoria has granted a pension of $250 per annum to Mrs. Cashel Hoey as a recognition of her merits as an author. Lapped skirt panels, buttoned at the top, with real or simulated buttonholes on the panel flaps, are a feature of very many of the new gowns. Very handsome and artistic buttons are sold both for coats and for fastening the sides of the front breadths of skirts of Russian princesse gowns. Queen Victoria counts among her many accomplishments that of etching, an art in which she was instructed by Sir Edwin Laudseer and Thomas Land seer. A lady, writing from St. Louis, says that her hair is fifty-four inches in length, and there is another lady in Chicago who can easily stand on her hair, which is five feet nine inches long. Four women were among the honor ary pallbearers at Mr. Whittier's funeral, viz.: Mrs. Mary B. Claflin, Mrs. E'izi beth Stuart Phelps Ward, Miss Lucy Larcom and Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer. Mrs. Pierce, wife of the lion. Gerald Pierca, of Bismarck, North Dakota, is a clever, energetic woman, thoroughly in terested in political matters and the ac complished private secretary of her hus band. Mrs. Dora Wheeler Smith is doing decorative work on the coiling and frieze of the Woman's Building, at the Chicago World's Fair, without charge, which would have cost S3OOO if done by any one else. Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, who gave her name to one ot the earliest of "reform" dresses, is still alive, a gentle little old lady in good health, at Council Bluffs, lowa, where she has lived for tho past thirty-three years. Au sxquisiteriug was rec2ntly ordered, the center being a ruby in almost perfect heart shape. The stone being somewhat irregular, this was easily cut. A circlet of diamonds finished the design, whic'a was set on a plain hoop. Mrs. Columbus is to be remembered in various ways during the World's Fair. Iler father being a navigator, and her marriage dower comprising charts, jour nals and memoranda, undoubtedly aidel her husband in his discoveries. "Diamonds" and jet are now com bined in the fashionable clasps for hats and bonnets. A very pretty one is in the form of a buckle, some three inches broad, a piece of the velvet being passed through it to match that trimming the bonnet. An attractive little waist of pale blue rough cloth has a deep pla9tron and pointed girdlo of kid embroidered in Russian work. The sleeves arc made in two puffs, which are separated by a pointed band, and have pointed cuffs of the embroidered kid as well. A new rainy day dress skirt is of che viot, which reaches within eight or ten inches of the ground, and is supple mented by a band of mackintosh of the same shade. This band buttons on in visibly and can be taken off and cleaned. It is the invention of an English tailor. An adorable hat for a little girl is of white felt, with big loops of wide white satin ribbon. The ribbon is bordered on one side by three rows of velvet, like baby ribbon. The colors are pink, green, and fawn, and there are three rosettes of velvet baby ribbon, one of each color. Sister Emma Durham, who nursed Lord Tennyson during his illness, has handed over the fee of SIOOO which she received for her services to the National Pension Fund for Nurses. Tho gift was made by Miss Durham in connection with the poet laureate's eighty-third birthday. It has been discovered that lady cricketers date back to 1811, when a match was played between the dames of Hampshire and Surrey for 500 guineas a side. The young women wore shawls and the old ones long cloaks, and the i best runner and bowler on the Surrey side was one Ann Baker, who was sixty years old. An odd woman's club exists in Paris. IU object is social intercourse, afternoon tea, and gossip, and in further adher ence to the general lines of men's clubs, only wives of clubmen are eligible. The club is called the "Cercle des Feames du Monde," and its club precincts are jealously guarded from masculine inva sions. I The fashion of having diamonds set in I platinum is becoming pronounced, j Many will decline to believe that this enhances tho brilliancy of the stones, although it is so asserted on authority. At the most the notion seems valuable only from association, as it is a pleasant reminder of the old-time silver setting, and is thus agreeably antique. Zither playing is quite popular in the smart set. The music of the instrument is so delicate it is much better suited to the parlor than the concert hall, and it is not difficult to master the art of play | ing on it acceptably, at least, its popu laritv ia not surprising. And, be it whimpered, to sweep its strings, is most effective occupation fat a pretty hand. Electrical Bain. Ktia which oa touching the grottud crackles and emits electric sparks is a very uncommon but not unknown phenomenon. An ins Unco of the kind was recently reported from Cordova, in Spnin, by an electrical engineer who witnessed the occurrence The weather had been warm and undisturbed by wind, and so >n after dark the sky became overcast by clouds. At about 8 o'clock there came a flash of lightning, followed by great drops of electrical rain, each one of which on touching the ground, walls or trees gave a faint crack and emitted a spark of light. The phe nomenon continued for several seconds, and apparently censed as soon as the at mosphere was saluatcd with moisture.—** Chambers's Journal. A Tiible.-s St'». For practical purposes the Mediterran ean may be accepted as being what it is popularly supposed to be, a tideless sea, but it is not so in reality. In many places there is a distinct rise and fall, though this is more frequency due to winds and currents than to lunar attrac tion. At Venice there is a rise of f rom one to two feet in spring tides, according to the prevalence of winds up or down the Adriatic. In many straits and narrow arms ot the sea there is a periodical flux and reflux, but the only place where the tidal influence, properly so called, is un mistakably observed is in the Gulf ot Gabes, where the tide runs at the rate of two or three knots an hour and the risi and fall varies from three to eijjht 112 eet. A son of the late King of Abyfsinia ii in jail in London. .1 nnt Think Ol It! 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A very import- M T aat feature of the book la, that In addition to every subject being carerully indexed by itself, ao ■ A that any one word can beturned to at once, the ■ ■ reader will find everything __ renting u> one general sub- V ■ leet la ooOtcted together W A Mll TV ffl nndti iJeneral Clasrt- I W JUxtfion. For example: If Ml' IrV Mythology Is treated of In A T one plaoe. and everything *■M || U■T VI about It Is under one chap- ■ A ter; while, In the Complete llgflll I fl 11 |||] l,ulerv±c\\ individual char- ■ A aetor and reference is al- \w !■ V A ■■ WAIWr phab-tk-a ly found, thus ■ ■ lAhiim the reader to study the whole of MyUb- T ■ ology, or to refer, at a PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. glance, to any one myth- A W character, and LHMMMMMMHHWMWHHMMM. ;earn all about It in one M I short paragraph. Tlie same in History, Philosophy, Geography, Art, Astronomy. etc. Merely to ■ m give an Idea of the more Important matters we enumerate the foll<-wlug: Astronomy. Geography, V ■ Goo logy, Chemistry, Mythology, Vegetable Creation, Animal Creitlou, Language, a edteval l earn- W ■ lug, Kur p-an Literature, Kngltsh Literature, Fine Arts, Ancient History, Medieval History, A W British History, History of all Nattona No one need ever be Ignorant of any subject with this M I work at hand. Every per**>u should poesees a oopy. Aa a rule encyclopedias and works of real ■ m valuab e informatloa have beea the books moat sought after, bnt, heretofore, trey have been In V H too mauv voluipee and too costly for the general reader; but here a fe>ok In published in ONE W ■ VOLUME, at a low price, within the means of all. SKE how thoroughly General knowledge la I W oo*erc<i There are *lB paragraphs In Astronomy and Geography, &)3 on Geologv, Mineralogy, A Z us£ u it r££! tSSSrSSaS' I B Mutton: lit on Venn !#% U I B£f\ et MTC • 1,1,1 • 1 "' Animal 0n» V ■ tlo>; 1M <n> KtbooTocr, SWN la T OU vCII I ©•(■ h ron o log ~ Lan- T W pun Literature, etc.; . * M on lireek and Ko a T »aa PbUoeophy, 57 ona POSTPAID. J Meoteval Learning B A ml Artt, Ul on Llten- { a luro, France, tier in a ■ g ay, Spain, Italy; 884 **••••••••••••••••••••»»»»»««.»... paragraphs In English W I literature and the Flue Arts, Kon Brituti Constitution and Law, 131 on Miscellaneous Subject* T ■ aad Historical F.iplanallons, ISS on Jjiclent Hlatory. Hebrew*, Babylon ana, Atayrlaas, etc.; Mon A V Mythology and Ureclau History. 48 on Auclent Oreeoe—Credible i lator.v; VMi on Ancient Human B I aakl Medieval History; 8M on History or All Nation*. Here are some abbreviated extract*: Light ■ a travels IW,OUO mile* In a second—See page Ml. 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